Welcome to MagicPedia!

A free online encyclopedia for magician by magicians dedicated to the techniques and history of magic that anyone can edit. 19,202 pages have been written, edited, and maintained by volunteers with a goal to be the definitive Internet repository for all areas of the magical arts.

MagicPedia is not a place to post explanations of magic tricks (though performances are welcome via embedded video clips), but a living document, always in flux, that reflects the background knowledge required for a thorough study of the art of magic in all its facets.

... American author John Ball (who wrote the mystery novel "In the Heat of the Night" involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs in 1965) performed as a semi-professional magician in college as Jacques_Morintell...